Yes. Just leave it running for a few days/nights. Once it’s synced, just top it up regular.
Hummm, never considered a pruned node. I had the space, and the setup was for a full node, so I went for that. I am curious, now you’ve mentioned it, so I’ll have a look around.
So, here you go, hope you don’t need to get up early tomorrow 
Monero isolation fixed for 4.1